Microservices
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Microservices skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 30 June 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
30 Jun 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 99 63 72
Rank change year-on-year -36 +9 -17
Permanent jobs citing Microservices 1,765 1,938 3,416
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 1.83% 4.17% 3.24%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.50% 4.56% 3.94%
Number of salaries quoted 1,312 975 2,563
10th Percentile £46,526 £49,600 £42,600
25th Percentile £55,000 £58,750 £51,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £72,500 £72,500 £65,000
Median % change year-on-year - +11.54% -13.97%
75th Percentile £93,634 £95,000 £83,755
90th Percentile £110,000 £115,000 £104,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £65,000 £70,000 £61,206
% change year-on-year -7.14% +14.37% -9.32%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Microservices falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 70,675 42,514 86,697
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 73.44% 91.57% 82.17%
Number of salaries quoted 48,811 23,148 61,276
10th Percentile £30,000 £28,822 £29,750
25th Percentile £41,250 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +4.55% -9.09%
75th Percentile £78,750 £77,500 £72,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £100,000 £92,500
UK excluding London median annual salary £53,171 £50,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year +6.34% - -9.09%

Microservices
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Microservices relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Microservices job vacancy trend in the UK

Microservices
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Microservices

Microservices
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Microservices over the 6 months to 30 June 2026.

Salary histogram for Microservices in the UK

Microservices
Top 18 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Microservices within the UK over the 6 months to 30 June 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -36 1,591 £75,000 +0.67% 414
UK excluding London -74 884 £65,000 -7.14% 303
Work from Home -26 797 £67,500 -3.57% 227
London -10 739 £85,000 +3.03% 191
North of England -42 346 £69,310 -4.40% 94
South East -17 243 £65,000 -7.14% 98
North West -53 189 £75,000 +3.45% 55
Midlands -72 91 £65,000 -3.70% 36
South West -70 90 £52,500 -23.39% 38
Yorkshire -26 80 £65,000 -13.18% 24
North East +12 77 £65,000 +2.36% 16
West Midlands -47 64 £77,500 +10.71% 26
East of England -20 48 £60,100 -3.84% 11
Wales -30 35 £70,000 +34.62% 14
Scotland -64 28 £60,000 -23.87% 9
East Midlands -67 26 £64,500 +7.50% 10
Northern Ireland -28 6 £62,500 +25.00% 9
Isle of Man - 3 £35,000 - 2

Microservices
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 28 (1.59%) Confluence
2 25 (1.42%) Apache Spark
3 16 (0.91%) CMS
4 15 (0.85%) Apache
4 15 (0.85%) IIS
5 10 (0.57%) JBoss
6 9 (0.51%) Adobe Experience Manager
7 7 (0.40%) OpenStack
8 6 (0.34%) Camunda
8 6 (0.34%) WordPress
9 5 (0.28%) Apache Airflow
9 5 (0.28%) Drupal
9 5 (0.28%) nginx
10 4 (0.23%) GeoServer
10 4 (0.23%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 4 (0.23%) Sitecore CMS
10 4 (0.23%) Umbraco
11 3 (0.17%) DNN
11 3 (0.17%) EPiServer
11 3 (0.17%) Immediacy CMS
Applications
1 10 (0.57%) MS Visio
2 6 (0.34%) Chatbot
2 6 (0.34%) PlantUML
3 3 (0.17%) Microsoft PowerPoint
4 2 (0.11%) Microsoft Excel
Business Applications
1 9 (0.51%) Dynamics CRM
2 7 (0.40%) Payment Gateway
3 5 (0.28%) Oracle Retail
4 4 (0.23%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.23%) Oracle EBS
5 3 (0.17%) SAP S/4HANA
6 2 (0.11%) Shopify
7 1 (0.057%) Sparx Enterprise Architect
Cloud Services
1 954 (54.05%) AWS
2 782 (44.31%) Azure
3 322 (18.24%) GCP
4 263 (14.90%) Serverless
5 201 (11.39%) GitHub
6 179 (10.14%) SaaS
7 154 (8.73%) Azure DevOps
8 129 (7.31%) AWS Lambda
9 109 (6.18%) Amazon EKS
10 107 (6.06%) Amazon S3
11 92 (5.21%) AWS CloudFormation
12 82 (4.65%) Azure Service Bus
13 80 (4.53%) GitHub Copilot
14 76 (4.31%) Amazon ECS
15 68 (3.85%) Amazon EC2
16 62 (3.51%) Azure AKS
17 61 (3.46%) Amazon SQS
18 57 (3.23%) GitHub Actions
19 49 (2.78%) PaaS
20 47 (2.66%) Azure Cosmos DB
Communications & Networking
1 64 (3.63%) Broadband
2 24 (1.36%) Network Security
3 13 (0.74%) DMARC
4 12 (0.68%) MQTT
5 11 (0.62%) DNS
6 10 (0.57%) Internet
7 8 (0.45%) AMQP
7 8 (0.45%) Firewall
7 8 (0.45%) Hyperconnected
7 8 (0.45%) VPN
8 7 (0.40%) DHCP
9 6 (0.34%) Cisco ASA
9 6 (0.34%) HTTP
9 6 (0.34%) TCP/IP
10 5 (0.28%) LTE
10 5 (0.28%) RFID
11 3 (0.17%) Modbus
12 2 (0.11%) HTTPS
12 2 (0.11%) SNMP
12 2 (0.11%) WAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 280 (15.86%) MongoDB
2 205 (11.61%) PostgreSQL
3 201 (11.39%) NoSQL
4 148 (8.39%) Elasticsearch
5 145 (8.22%) Azure SQL Database
6 113 (6.40%) MySQL
7 89 (5.04%) SQL Server
8 84 (4.76%) Relational Database
9 54 (3.06%) Redis
10 51 (2.89%) DynamoDB
11 49 (2.78%) Amazon RDS
12 29 (1.64%) Big Data
13 25 (1.42%) BigQuery
14 23 (1.30%) RDBMS
15 13 (0.74%) Pinecone
16 9 (0.51%) Data Lake
16 9 (0.51%) Db2
16 9 (0.51%) DTS
17 7 (0.40%) Geospatial Data
17 7 (0.40%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 207 (11.73%) Git
2 168 (9.52%) GitLab
3 139 (7.88%) Jenkins
4 58 (3.29%) TeamCity
5 53 (3.00%) JIRA
6 48 (2.72%) JUnit
7 40 (2.27%) Cucumber
8 31 (1.76%) Claude Code
8 31 (1.76%) Cypress.io
8 31 (1.76%) Mockito
9 28 (1.59%) CircleCI
10 27 (1.53%) Maven
11 19 (1.08%) Selenium
12 17 (0.96%) SonarQube
13 16 (0.91%) Vite
14 15 (0.85%) JMeter
15 14 (0.79%) Postman
16 13 (0.74%) REST Assured
17 10 (0.57%) Atlassian Bamboo
18 9 (0.51%) Bitbucket
General
1 453 (25.67%) Finance
2 312 (17.68%) Social Skills
3 168 (9.52%) Public Sector
4 160 (9.07%) Banking
5 106 (6.01%) Retail
6 95 (5.38%) Analytical Skills
6 95 (5.38%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 91 (5.16%) Law
8 54 (3.06%) Financial Institution
9 49 (2.78%) Back Office
10 31 (1.76%) Influencing Skills
11 27 (1.53%) Telecoms
12 26 (1.47%) Marketing
13 21 (1.19%) Aerospace
14 17 (0.96%) Advertising
15 16 (0.91%) Billing
15 16 (0.91%) Games
15 16 (0.91%) Legal
16 12 (0.68%) Front Office
17 11 (0.62%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 631 (35.75%) Developer
2 403 (22.83%) Senior
3 353 (20.00%) Software Engineer
4 259 (14.67%) Lead
5 249 (14.11%) Architect
6 181 (10.25%) .NET Developer
7 145 (8.22%) Full-Stack Developer
8 138 (7.82%) Java Developer
9 125 (7.08%) Java Engineer
10 119 (6.74%) Senior Software Engineer
11 113 (6.40%) Senior Developer
12 96 (5.44%) Solutions Architect
13 87 (4.93%) Full-Stack Engineer
14 83 (4.70%) Principal Engineer
15 74 (4.19%) Software Developer
16 66 (3.74%) Lead Developer
17 62 (3.51%) DevOps Engineer
18 51 (2.89%) Senior Java Engineer
19 50 (2.83%) Java Software Engineer
20 49 (2.78%) Lead Software Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 446 (25.27%) .NET
2 404 (22.89%) React
3 393 (22.27%) Node.js
4 289 (16.37%) Spring
5 271 (15.35%) RESTful
6 269 (15.24%) Spring Boot
7 237 (13.43%) REST
8 206 (11.67%) Kafka
9 205 (11.61%) ASP.NET
10 197 (11.16%) .NET Core
11 188 (10.65%) AngularJS
12 178 (10.08%) Vue
13 168 (9.52%) ASP.NET Core
14 100 (5.67%) ASP.NET Web API
15 93 (5.27%) .NET Framework
16 90 (5.10%) Blazor
17 89 (5.04%) HTML
18 83 (4.70%) CSS
19 82 (4.65%) gRPC
20 68 (3.85%) RabbitMQ
Miscellaneous
1 531 (30.08%) Cloud Native
2 298 (16.88%) Distributed Systems
3 120 (6.80%) Product Ownership
4 85 (4.82%) Legacy Systems
5 79 (4.48%) Enterprise Software
6 57 (3.23%) Greenfield Project
7 46 (2.61%) Video\Live Streaming
8 45 (2.55%) Over-the-Top Content
9 38 (2.15%) Onboarding
10 36 (2.04%) Public Cloud
11 31 (1.76%) Algorithms
12 30 (1.70%) AI Agents
13 29 (1.64%) Data Structures
14 26 (1.47%) e-Learning
15 25 (1.42%) Distributed Architecture
15 25 (1.42%) Self-Motivation
16 24 (1.36%) Virtual Team
17 22 (1.25%) Legacy Applications
17 22 (1.25%) Mobile App
18 20 (1.13%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 107 (6.06%) Linux
2 46 (2.61%) Windows
3 20 (1.13%) Unix
4 12 (0.68%) CentOS
4 12 (0.68%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 6 (0.34%) Debian
5 6 (0.34%) Ubuntu
5 6 (0.34%) Windows Server
6 3 (0.17%) AIX
6 3 (0.17%) Android
6 3 (0.17%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.057%) Kali Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 884 (50.08%) CI/CD
2 793 (44.93%) Agile
3 644 (36.49%) DevOps
4 635 (35.98%) Software Engineering
5 506 (28.67%) Full-Stack Development
6 413 (23.40%) Containerisation
7 409 (23.17%) Mentoring
8 364 (20.62%) Event-Driven
8 364 (20.62%) Test Automation
9 349 (19.77%) AI
10 340 (19.26%) Infrastructure as Code
11 322 (18.24%) Continuous Improvement
12 295 (16.71%) Problem-Solving
13 251 (14.22%) Scrum
14 228 (12.92%) Event-Driven Architecture
15 220 (12.46%) TDD
16 218 (12.35%) Technical Leadership
17 202 (11.44%) Coaching
18 197 (11.16%) Clean Code
19 186 (10.54%) Observability
Programming Languages
1 577 (32.69%) Java
2 449 (25.44%) SQL
3 442 (25.04%) C#
4 429 (24.31%) Python
5 407 (23.06%) JavaScript
6 335 (18.98%) TypeScript
7 119 (6.74%) Go
8 49 (2.78%) Scala
9 45 (2.55%) PHP
10 42 (2.38%) C++
10 42 (2.38%) Ruby
11 41 (2.32%) Bash
12 24 (1.36%) Bicep
12 24 (1.36%) C
12 24 (1.36%) PowerShell
12 24 (1.36%) Rust
13 16 (0.91%) PL/SQL
14 14 (0.79%) Kotlin
15 11 (0.62%) Groovy
15 11 (0.62%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 217 (12.29%) Security Cleared
2 169 (9.58%) Degree
3 143 (8.10%) SC Cleared
4 80 (4.53%) Computer Science Degree
5 62 (3.51%) AWS Certification
6 39 (2.21%) DV Cleared
7 36 (2.04%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 25 (1.42%) CISSP
9 22 (1.25%) Azure Certification
10 19 (1.08%) Master's Degree
11 14 (0.79%) TOGAF Certification
12 13 (0.74%) DBS Check
13 10 (0.57%) CISM
14 9 (0.51%) Microsoft Certification
15 8 (0.45%) PhD
16 7 (0.40%) BPSS Clearance
16 7 (0.40%) ISTQB
17 5 (0.28%) Cisco Certification
17 5 (0.28%) ISACA
17 5 (0.28%) SANS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 122 (6.91%) QA
2 60 (3.40%) Accessibility
3 40 (2.27%) GDPR
4 39 (2.21%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 23 (1.30%) NIST
5 23 (1.30%) PCI DSS
5 23 (1.30%) SOC 2
6 22 (1.25%) WCAG
7 16 (0.91%) NCSC
8 15 (0.85%) GRC
9 10 (0.57%) Actionable Recommendations
10 8 (0.45%) Cyber Essentials
11 7 (0.40%) Sarbanes-Oxley
12 6 (0.34%) HMG Security Policy Framework
13 4 (0.23%) Government Security Classifications
13 4 (0.23%) SEPA
14 3 (0.17%) Data Quality
14 3 (0.17%) IFRS
14 3 (0.17%) ISO 20022
14 3 (0.17%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 515 (29.18%) Docker
2 22 (1.25%) Active Directory
3 4 (0.23%) Firmware
3 4 (0.23%) Virtual Machines
4 2 (0.11%) VMware Infrastructure
5 1 (0.057%) Embedded Firmware
Systems Management
1 550 (31.16%) Kubernetes
2 337 (19.09%) Terraform
3 99 (5.61%) Ansible
4 95 (5.38%) Grafana
5 53 (3.00%) Prometheus
6 23 (1.30%) Argo
7 21 (1.19%) Kibana
8 16 (0.91%) Puppet
9 13 (0.74%) Cilium
10 12 (0.68%) Single Sign-On
11 8 (0.45%) HP Fortify
12 4 (0.23%) Packer
12 4 (0.23%) Podman
13 3 (0.17%) Rancher
14 2 (0.11%) Istio
14 2 (0.11%) MIIS
14 2 (0.11%) Nagios
14 2 (0.11%) Opsgenie
14 2 (0.11%) Progress Chef
15 1 (0.057%) logstash
Vendors
1 270 (15.30%) Microsoft
2 77 (4.36%) Google
3 56 (3.17%) Oracle
4 45 (2.55%) Typelevel
5 34 (1.93%) OpenAI
6 24 (1.36%) Dynatrace
6 24 (1.36%) Splunk
7 17 (0.96%) AppDynamics
8 16 (0.91%) IBM
9 15 (0.85%) Databricks
10 14 (0.79%) Red Hat
11 13 (0.74%) SendGrid
12 12 (0.68%) Adobe
13 10 (0.57%) OneLogin
13 10 (0.57%) Salesforce
13 10 (0.57%) SAP
14 9 (0.51%) ServiceNow
15 8 (0.45%) Cisco
15 8 (0.45%) CrowdStrike
15 8 (0.45%) Guidewire